4/15 Mental Toughness Thursday

I could use a streak of sunshine and warm weather right about now.

Many folks erroneously believe that those who successfully lose weight, or quit drinking, or quit smoking, or stick to a fitness routine have some deep well-spring of intrinsic motivation. Nope, successful people create small, consistent wins that help them build a streak to keep them motivated. 
Consistency creates momentum and momentum creates motivation. Think about it, when you are starting something new, a small success feels so good that you want to continue. This is true for everything in life. All you need is one small win, then another, then another, string together a bunch of consistent small wins and you're on your way baby! 
That's the idea behind a very cool app called Streaks (sorry Android and Window users, it's for Apple geeks only.)
Streaks helps you create daily wins and celebrates your success. I recently started using it to help me with my own New Year's resolutions. Here's a screenshot of my computer based Streaks App. You can also download it to your iPhone, iPad or Apple watch. ​

I'm using Streaks to create momentum for daily activities like walking Nanook, doing ROMWOD, sleeping, etc. Momentum creates motivation. With each little win I create a winning streak that I want to continue. Click on this image to learn more about Streaks.

You can see that I have created 5 daily habits for which I want to create a winning streak. At the end of each day, or whenever I complete the daily habit, I check it off in Streaks and I get rewarded. The longer my streak continues the more I feel like I'm winning.
You can use Streaks for daily, weekly or monthly habits. You can also set it up to help you break bad habits like smoking, gambling, etc. 
You can set reminders and totally customize it for your life. It's pretty darn cool. 
Click on the image above to learn more about Streaks and download it your Apple device.

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